Home Search
timber frame construction - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Can digital twins help decarbonise the built environment?
Using digital twins offers numerous benefits, such as improving quality, a better understanding of costs, faster project completion, and revenue growth opportunities but can digital twins help us decarbonise the built environment projects and assets? If the answer is yes, how can we make it happen?
Is light gauge steel framing the most advanced material in offsite...
PBC Today explores whether light gauge steel framing is truly the most technically advanced material in the offsite technology portfolio, examines the challenges that are encountered when using these frames and discusses the properties and benefits when compared to other materials.
Wates delivers DfE’s first net zero school and signs agreement for...
Wates has signed a development agreement with Brent Council to build more than 300 new homes and has completed the first net zero school, in Rochdale, as part of DfE's 10-year school rebuilding programme.
Ramboll delivers best organic growth in over a decade
Consulting engineering group Ramboll has reported their highest organic growth in 14 years, despite global economic turbulence.
Using digital tools to calculate the environmental impact of sustainable building...
The choice of sustainable building materials is a powerful lever for more low-carbon buildings. Assessing these materials requires digital tools and a digital way of thinking.
Actis expands its specification team with architectural technician appointment
Actis Insulation has expanded its specification team with the appointment of an architectural technician to help architects, merchants, builders and building control officers in the South West, the West Midlands and South Wales.
NHBC hosts shadow minister for business and industry at Sundial Place
Bill Esterson, shadow minister for business and industry, has visited David Wilson Homes’ Sundial Place development in Sefton, hosted by NHBC, to discuss ongoing skills shortages in housebuilding, preparing for the Future Homes Standard 2025 and the advancement of off-site manufacturing.
Bruntwood recieves planning permission for £31m Ev0 Building
Bruntwood has received planning permission for the new £31m Ev0 Building, which will be the UK's lowest carbon new build workspace in Didsbury Technology Park, South Manchester.
West Fraser – perfect for your 2023 panel projects
It’s easy to select the perfect panel for your project with West Fraser's panel samples, interactive product guide and downloadable checklist.
A week in the life of an apprentice building control surveyor...
In this blog from Jess, an apprentice building control surveyor, read about the balance of learning and onsite experience available with Premier Guarantee.
SterlingOSB Zero offers all-round performance for Smart Spaces Surrey
A Surrey-based business specialising in the design and installation of modular garden rooms and home offices has based its manufacturing process around the performance benefits of West Fraser’s fully-certified SterlingOSB Zero T&G panels.
Industry voices praise new Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
As the new Fire Safety Regulations 2022 come into force in England, industry voices have praised how the legislation will motivate compliance.
ALLPLAN Launches the latest version of its AEC BIM Platform
The new Allplan 2023 enables interdisciplinary AEC teamwork on a single platform, with superior BIM workflows and real-time collaboration.
US modular building specialist VBC coming to the UK
Global modular building specialist, Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) will be coming to the UK, having announced ambitious expansion plans.
How to specify building products to minimise whole life embodied carbon...
Choosing the right (or wrong) building materials can be critical in dictating the whole-life carbon impact of a building. NorDan UK Ltd’s technical specification advisor Tom O’Sullivan, shares his knowledge on why reducing embodied carbon before a building is occupied is key to hitting net-zero.
Building offsite’s zero carbon toolkit
A mix of materials should form the offsite sector’s zero carbon toolkit, argues Sam Hart, head of Modern Methods of Construction at Built Environment – Smarter Transformation.
49% of the public unsure when it comes to fire safety...
Research conducted for Fire Door Safety Week 2022 (31 October to 4 November) indicates that one-third of the public would not report a problem with a fire door.
New mental health inpatient facility in Ayrshire to be delivered by...
Kier has been selected by NHS Ayrshire & Arran to deliver Foxgrove, a new mental health inpatient facility at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine.
A behind-the-scenes look at Selectaglaze manufacturing
Duncan Saunders, head of production at Selectaglaze, takes viewers behind the scenes to take a look at Selectaglaze manufacturing in a 3-minute YouTube video.
Work complete on offsite Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary School
Offsite construction specialist Reds10 has completed work on the Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary School in North Swindon.
Making the stars align for building net zero carbon homes
As AIMCH, the UKs flagship collaborative R&D project, whose aim has been to develop, trial and scale up industrialised housing techniques ends, Stewart Dalgarno, its project director, reflects on its achievements and predicts what’s next on the agenda for building net zero carbon homes.
Beattie Passive completes first volumetric modular net zero housing development for...
Beattie Passive has completed the UK’s first large-scale demountable and relocatable modular net zero housing development, offering a solution for homeless families in Cardiff.
Saint-Gobain acquires exterior building materials manufacturer
Saint-Gobain has completed the acquisition of Kaycan, a manufacturer and distributor of exterior building materials in Canada and in the U.S.
Zurich Airport redevelopment awarded to Pragma and team
Pragma, as part of an international consortium led by BIG and HOK, has been chosen to lead on the Zurich Airport redevelopment to create a new terminal extension.
Dom West appointed as West Fraser’s sales director
Dom West has been appointed as the new West Fraser sales director for the UK and Ireland.
Historic cottages transformed into affordable homes
A £1.1m refurbishment project in Manchester will turn historic cottages into affordable homes after being abandoned for almost a decade.